I will raise my wuss flag and admit I use gloves. I'm a lab tech and so I have access to latex gloves that fit very well. I'll also admit that according to this list , I'm either very clumsy or I have the most sensitive groin tissue on the list! I've handled habs, I mean like one or two eaten before a exam, and could swear I was as careful as could be, and wham! There I was, dancing in the hallway, waiting for the fire to die so I could drive to class!. Practically everytime I handle a raw pod, I wear latex! What's that little saying....." no glove, no love'? Well for me it's " no glove, my waist are my hands above" Nikos Kalofolias wrote: > Since I can't speak from personal experience(I have only seen a hab > in gif and *maybe* jpg images ;) I can only give a pointer. > > Since rubber gloves are difficult to use , have you tried these > plastic nylon - one use only - gloves they sell in 50 packs or so? > > They are the same like the ones they use in markets to handle salamis > and cheeses and so on. > > Although I 'm not sure that capsaicin won't go through them. > At least the are thin enough to be easy to feel and use and you can > alwayz use two of them one over the other. > > Or you could use surgical gloves :) > > Or you could find someone ignorant and ask him to chop those orange > peppers and in reward he can eat for free as many as wishes to. :)) > > Nikos -- Ron M Blackadder Goes Forth: "I, on the other hand, have a degree from the University of Life, a diploma from the School of Hard Knocks, and three gold stars from the Kindergarten of Getting the Shit Kicked Out of Me." -- Captain Edmund Blackadder,